6.10.17 USMTS Modifieds Results

CORNING, Iowa (June 10) — Zack VanderBeek started on the pole and that was as close as anybody got Saturday night as he led all 25 laps in dominating the USMTS main event during the Malvern Bank Duals at the Adams County Speedway.

“The Z-Man” was on point all night, leading every lap of his heat race and the feature to earn a $3,000 paycheck and his 38th career United States Modified Touring Series victory.

While an early caution and lapped traffic were the only causes for pause the leader experienced, the battles behind VanderBeek were fantastic.

Scott Drake earned the Wehrs Machine & Racing Products “Trick Move” of the Race Award with his opening-lap heroics. After drawing the eighth starting spot, the veteran racer from Joplin, Mo., squirted to the outside of the pack at the drop of the green flag, and by the end of the first lap he was running second.

Drake-along with everybody else-was never able to mount a challenge to VanderBeek’s lead. Fighting an ill-handling car for the final half of the race, he wound up seventh behind his teammate Joe Duvall, who finished sixth.

Cade Dillard rebounded from a near disaster in his heat and climbed through feature field to claim the runner-up spot. Dillard started 12th on the grid and earned the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award following a spirited battle with Zane DeVilbiss for the last half of the race.

Mike Densberger finished fourth behind DeVilbiss to notch his second top-five finish of the week, and Dereck Ramirez placed fifth on the final score sheets. Jared Stiens was eighth, and Stormy Scott held off Ricky Thornton Jr. for ninth.

On scary incident took place during Fast Shafts Heat Race #2. On the opening lap, polesitter Jardin Fuller experienced mechanical trouble as the field raced down the long, fast back-stretch. Several cars attempted to avoid the rapidly-slowing machine of Fuller and Grant Junghans Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Prauner was left with nowhere to go but up and over the embankment.

After several vicious tumbles through grass outside of the track, the Norfolk, Neb., driver crawled from his mangled race car without assistance. He was taken to the CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, checked over and released.

“It felt like it was never going to end,” Prauner said of his crash. “I crawled out of the car right away because you’re always concerned about fire, but I was fine. Just had the wind knocked out of me.”

Prauner’s racing seat and his Razor Chassis roll cage did their job in keeping the driver safe, but “The car and everything bolted to it is junk,” said Prauner, who hopes to return when the USMTS visits the I-80 Speedway for the Silver Dollar Nationals in late July.

Drivers return to action in the RHRSwag.com Northern Region on Sunday at the Mason City Motor Speedway in Mason City, Iowa, for the Diamond Jo Casino “All-In” 77.

In addition to the Modifieds of the Casey’s USMTS National Tour, Sunday’s event will include the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring Holley USRA Stock Cars, Out-Pace USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and Rookies Rockin’ USRA Tuners.

The pit gate opens at 4 p.m., spectator gates open at 5 and hot laps start at 6 with racing to follow. General admission is $20, seniors (65+), military and first responders with proper i.d. get in for $18. Youth (11-16) are $10 and kids 10 and under are free. Pit passes are $35.

Teams will take the day off Monday before rolling into the Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D., on Tuesday, June 13. The make-up race at the Ogilvie Raceway happens on Wednesday, June 14, and then it’s time to make tracks to the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis., for the “Masters” which will feature the USMTS on Thursday night for $3,000 to win then qualifying on Friday night for the $50,000-to-win show on Saturday.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
Casey’s USMTS National Tour powered by S&S Fishing & Rental – MSD USMTS Central Region presented by Summit Racing Equipment
8th Annual Malvern Bank Duals
Adams County Speedway, Corning, Iowa
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won.

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 2S Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 81 Mike Densberger, Lincoln, Neb.
3. (4) 59 Jared Stiens, Barnard, Mo.
4. (7) 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz.
5. (6) 1G Pat Graham, Ankeny, Iowa.
6. (5) 109 Jamie Hibbs, Choctaw, Okla.
7. (3) 19SB Lance Mari (R), Imperial, Calif.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 18Z Zane DeVilbiss (R), Farmington, N.M.
2. (7) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
3. (2) 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott, Iowa.
4. (4) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning, Iowa.
5. (5) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
6. (6) 5K Kyle Prauner (R), Norfolk, Neb.
7. (1) 33F Jardin Fuller (R), Memphis, Mo.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (5) 91 Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo.
3. (6) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (3) 23 Adam Kates (R), Tonganoxie, Kan.
5. (4) 29H Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
6. (2) 21 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa.
7. (7) 8C Chris Clark (R), Jackson, Wyo.

CASEY’S GENERAL STORES “A” MAIN (25 laps):
1. (1) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, VanderBuilt/Sput’s, 25, $3000.
2. (12) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., MBCustom/ASI, 25, $1700.
3. (7) 18Z Zane DeVilbiss (R), Farmington, N.M., DeVilbiss/DeVilbiss, 25, $1000.
4. (4) 81 Mike Densberger, Lincoln, Neb., Jet/Speedway, 25, $1000.
5. (5) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., LG2/Cornett, 25, $900.
6. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Hatfield, 25, $800.
7. (8) 91 Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo., MBCustom/GMPP, 25, $600.
8. (2) 59 Jared Stiens, Barnard, Mo., IROC/Driskell, 25, $550.
9. (3) 2S Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/Mullins, 25, $600.
10. (9) 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Ariz., Shaw/Mullins, 25, $550.
11. (11) 1G Pat Graham, Ankeny, Iowa, Victory/Karl, 25, $500.
12. (10) 23 Adam Kates (R), Tonganoxie, Kan., LG2/Speedway, 25, $450.
13. (14) 109 Jamie Hibbs, Choctaw, Okla., GRT/Sput’s, 24, $350.
14. (13) 29H Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn., Killer/Action, 24, $325.
15. (16) 19SB Lance Mari (R), Imperial, Calif., MRT/Yeoman, 21, $375.
16. (15) 21 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa, LG2/Mullins, 7, $350.
DNS – 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott, Iowa, Skyrocket/Midstate, 0, $150.
DNS – R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning, Iowa, LG2/Mullins, 0, $150.
DNS – 33F Jardin Fuller (R), Memphis, Mo., Hughes/Mullins, 0, $150.
DNS – 8C Chris Clark (R), Jackson, Wyo., GRT/CNC, 0, $150.
DNS – 5K Kyle Prauner (R), Norfolk, Neb., Razor/GMPP, 0, $150.

(R) = Grant Junghans Rookie of the Year contender

Lap Leader: VanderBeek 1-25.
Total Laps Led: VanderBeek 25.
Margin of Victory: 7.772 seconds.
Time of Race: 14 minutes, 14.182 seconds (1 caution).
Provisional Starters: none.
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger: Dillard (started 12th, finished 2nd).
Entries: 21.
Next Race: Sunday, June 11, Mason City Motor Speedway, Mason City, Iowa.
MSD Central Region Points: Dillard 720, VanderBeek 697, Thornton Jr. 639, Scott 635, Ramirez 620, Duvall 596, Densberger 519, Tyler Wolff 450, R.C. Whitwell 449, Kates 447.
Grant Junghans Rookie of the Year Points: R.C. Whitwell 1894, Travis Saurer 1737, Tyler Wolff 1685, Kates 1323, Billy Vogel 982.
Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 289, ASI 246, Sput’s 233, Durham 197, Hatfield 177.
Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms 291, Hughes 285, GRT 251, VanderBuilt 238, LG2 196.

Contingency Awards:
Allstar Performance – Stiens.
American Racer – Schaffer.
Beyea Custom Headers – Dillard.
BigDeal Car Care – VanderBeek.
BSB Manufacturing – Prauner.
Casey’s General Stores – Horgdal.
Chix Gear Racewear – Scott.
Day Motor Sports – Prauner, Fuller.
Deatherage Opticians – Kates.
Dickson Racing Shocks – Mari.
E3 Spark Plugs – DeVilbiss.
Edelbrock – VanderBeek.
Fast Shafts – DeVilbiss.
Forty9Designs.com – Horgdal, Schaffer.
Fuel Safe Racing Cells – Duvall.
GRT Race Cars – Hibbs.
Hooker Custom Harness – Hibbs.
Integra Shocks & Springs – Dennis.
Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts – Prauner.
Keyser Manufacturing – Thornton.
KSE Racing Products – Dillard.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Sobbing.
QA1 – Drake.
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
Simpson Performance Products – Scott.
Sweet Manufacturing – Prauner.
Swift Springs – VanderBeek.
Sybesma Graphics – VanderBeek.
Tire Demon – Graham.
VP Racing Fuels – Densberger.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Drake.
Wilwood Engineering – Drake.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Argo Manufacturing, Casey’s General Stores, Chix Gear Racewear, CP-Carrillo, Deatherage Opticians, Fast Shafts, Intercomp, KSE Racing Products, Leaf Racewear & Safety Equipment, Malvern Bank, MSD, Pace Performance, RacerWebsite.com, RacinDirt.com, RacingJunk.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, SToK Cold-Brew Coffee, Summit Racing Equipment, The Joie of Seating, VP Racing Fuels.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Duvall Electric, ElbowsUp.com, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Oreo, Production Jars, Rancho Milagro Racing, RHRSwag.com, YouDirt.com.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: 905 Ink, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Beyea Custom Headers, BigDeal Car Care, BSB Manufacturing, Day Motor Sports, Dickson Racing Shocks, E3 Spark Plugs, Edelbrock, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Holley Performance Products, Hooker Custom Harness, Integra Shocks & Springs, Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts, Keyser Manufacturing, Out-Pace Racing Products, QA1 Precision Products, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Tire Demon, Wehrs Machine & Race Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.